Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Represented as existing or as being as described but not so proved; supposed.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- That is or has been stated to be (what is specified in the following word or clause); merely stated or asserted: much used when one wishes to disclaim responsibility for the statement, or to intimate his disbelief in it: as, an alleged fact; an alleged interview; an alleged illness.
Wiktionary
- v. Simple past tense and past participle of allege.
- adj. asserted but not proved
- adj. supposed but doubtful
WordNet 3.0
- adj. doubtful or suspect
- adj. declared but not proved
Examples
“A quick but essential clarification: It is important to note that I use the term alleged in regard to Spirit and that it is always implied whether stated or not.”
“A compromise strategy is to use the term "alleged victim," although as many rape victim advocates point out, victims who report other crimes are rarely questioned about whether or not they were victimized.”
The Huffington Post: Jackson Katz: DSK's Alleged Victim Should Not Be Called His "Accuser"
“Using the term "alleged victim" treats the woman or man with respect and crucially preserves the presumption of innocence for the alleged perpetrator.”
The Huffington Post: Jackson Katz: DSK's Alleged Victim Should Not Be Called His "Accuser"
“Using the term "alleged victim" treats the woman or man with respect We are testing different comment ordering to see which the community prefers.”
“In December, the CIA pulled its then-station chief out of Pakistan after a name alleged to be his surfaced in public and his safety was deemed at risk.”
“A third former employee told the Associated Press on Wednesday she had also considered filing a complaint about what she described as his alleged aggressive and unwanted behaviour.”
The Guardian: Republican candidate hit by third allegation of harassing women
“Now, he says his bosses were trying to, in his words, pacify the White House and used him as a scapegoat to take the blame who what he calls alleged journalistic errors.”
“Rather says his bosses coerced him to take personal blame for what he calls alleged journalistic errors.”
“She ordered defense attorneys to refrain from any mention of what she called the alleged dangerousness of the border between the United States and Mexico.”
“I don't agree with using the word "alleged" when something is so obvious, but the media always seems to use it anyway.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘alleged’.
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1100
abound, technology, branch of knowled..., prognosticate, automaton, matron, an older married ..., realm, special field of ..., kingdom, annals, historical records and 981 more...
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POL - scandalous (single words only)
acolyte, archrival, backhander, backlash, baksheesh, bashing, boo, bribery, cadre, chicanery, clash, coercion and 256 more...
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GRE 2014
abase, abate, abdicate, aberrant, abeyance, abhor, abjure, abortive, abound, abrasive, abreast, abridge and 1577 more...
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EN - eesily missspellable wirds
accessible, accommodate, achievement, acquaintance, address, advertisement, alleged, athletics, attendance, auxiliary, believe, challenge and 118 more...
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JURI - courtroom speak
Legal glossary with special focus on courtroom vocabulary
accused, acquittal, ADA, adjournment, adjudication, affidavit, affirmed, aggravated range, aggravating factors, allegation, alleged, answer and 794 more...
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List 2(starting at 260)
mammoth, overt, valor, aspire, relegate, bias, incisive, scurry, precipitate, singular, inveigh, repulse and 48 more...
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GRE 1100
drudgery, implore, hapless, nuance, wrest, incipient, inadvertent, tremulous, bristle, euphemism, disdain, pugnacious and 346 more...
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1100 words you need to know
GRE words
voracious, indiscriminate, eminent, steeped, replete, abound, technology, prognosticate, automaton, matron, paradox, realm and 288 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
contemplate, container, consumer, consultant, consensus, conscious, conscience, connection, confusion, confront, conflict, confident and 4334 more...
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pop ups
erstwhile, allegiance, sacked, reinstate, vengeance, affluent, sedative, maverick, caricatives, abandoned, faux pas, ambience and 245 more...
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1103
catatonia, dispatch, resuscitate, alleged, douse, expressly, famished, libel, misgiving, oaf, repast, recede and 52 more...
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hanabiheidi's Words
conspicuous, errata, vaguely, indeed, spork, cleave, ah, applicable, subtlety, alleged, rapscallion, sinecure and 64 more...
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centered?
(Not so) neutral terms. They avoid being completely biased, but still have strong connotations.
militant, dialect, official, alleged, colonialism, mutation, justice
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